Technologies for providing adaptive platform quality of service

ABSTRACT

Technologies for providing adaptive platform quality of service include a compute device. The compute device is to obtain class of service data for an application to be executed, execute the application, determine, as a function of one or more resource utilizations of the application as the application is executed, a present phase of the application, set a present class of service for the application as a function of the determined phase, wherein the present class of service is within a range associated with the determined phase, determine whether a present performance metric of the application satisfies a target performance metric, and increment, in response to a determination that the present performance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric, the present class of service to a higher class of service in the range. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

BACKGROUND

Typical platform quality of service (pQoS) features of a compute deviceenable an administrator or user of the compute device to reserve, to anapplication, access to certain resources that are primarily responsiblefor affecting the performance of the application. For example, if theperformance of the application is particularly affected by theavailability of data in the low level cache (LLC), a user may utilize apQoS feature of the compute device to reserve a number of ways in theLLC to reduce the likelihood that cache lines containing frequently useddata by the application are not evicted from the LLC. As a result, theperformance of the application is less affected by other concurrentlyexecuting applications that heavily use the LLC of the compute device.However, the reservation of the resources (e.g., the ways in the LLC)remains in place regardless of whether the application is actuallymaking use of all of the reserved resources at any given time,potentially to the detriment of concurrently executing applications thatwould otherwise utilize the resources.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The concepts described herein are illustrated by way of example and notby way of limitation in the accompanying figures. For simplicity andclarity of illustration, elements illustrated in the figures are notnecessarily drawn to scale. Where considered appropriate, referencelabels have been repeated among the figures to indicate corresponding oranalogous elements.

FIG. 1 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of asystem for providing adaptive platform quality of service;

FIG. 2 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of acompute device of the system of FIG. 2;

FIG. 3 is a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of anenvironment that may be established by a compute device of FIGS. 1 and2; and

FIGS. 4-7 are a simplified block diagram of at least one embodiment of amethod for adaptively controlling a platform quality of service that maybe performed by a compute device of FIGS. 1 and 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

While the concepts of the present disclosure are susceptible to variousmodifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof havebeen shown by way of example in the drawings and will be describedherein in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is nointent to limit the concepts of the present disclosure to the particularforms disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover allmodifications, equivalents, and alternatives consistent with the presentdisclosure and the appended claims.

References in the specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,”“an illustrative embodiment,” etc., indicate that the embodimentdescribed may include a particular feature, structure, orcharacteristic, but every embodiment may or may not necessarily includethat particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, suchphrases are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further,when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described inconnection with an embodiment, it is submitted that it is within theknowledge of one skilled in the art to effect such feature, structure,or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or notexplicitly described. Additionally, it should be appreciated that itemsincluded in a list in the form of “at least one A, B, and C” can mean(A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C).Similarly, items listed in the form of “at least one of A, B, or C” canmean (A); (B); (C); (A and B); (A and C); (B and C); or (A, B, and C).

The disclosed embodiments may be implemented, in some cases, inhardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosedembodiments may also be implemented as instructions carried by or storedon a transitory or non-transitory machine-readable (e.g.,computer-readable) storage medium, which may be read and executed by oneor more processors. A machine-readable storage medium may be embodied asany storage device, mechanism, or other physical structure for storingor transmitting information in a form readable by a machine (e.g., avolatile or non-volatile memory, a media disc, or other media device).

In the drawings, some structural or method features may be shown inspecific arrangements and/or orderings. However, it should beappreciated that such specific arrangements and/or orderings may not berequired. Rather, in some embodiments, such features may be arranged ina different manner and/or order than shown in the illustrative figures.Additionally, the inclusion of a structural or method feature in aparticular figure is not meant to imply that such feature is required inall embodiments and, in some embodiments, may not be included or may becombined with other features.

As shown in FIG. 1, an illustrative system 110 for providing adaptiveplatform quality of service (pQoS) includes a set of compute devices 130in communication with an orchestrator server 140. The set includescompute devices 120, 122, and 124. While three compute devices 130 areshown, it should be understood that in other embodiments, the set mayinclude a different number of compute devices 130. In operation, eachcompute device 130 executes one or more applications assigned to it. Theapplications may be assigned by the orchestrator server 140, such as inresponse to a request for services from a client device 150 incommunication with the orchestrator server 140 through a network 160, orfrom another source. In the illustrative embodiment, each compute device130 obtains class of service data, which may be embodied as any dataindicative of an amount of one or more resources (e.g., a number of waysof cache associativity, memory bandwidth, etc.) to be allocated to eachapplication for each class of service in a range of classes of service,a target performance metric for each phase of each application, and amaximum class of service for each phase of each application. In theillustrative embodiment, a class of service refers to a degree to whichresources of the compute device 130 are reserved for use by a givenapplication (e.g., to a core of the compute device 130 executing theapplication) to improve latency, throughput, and/or othercharacteristics associated with the performance of the application.

Further, in the illustrative embodiment, each phase of an applicationmay be embodied as a set of operations that exhibit a particularutilization of resources (e.g., a relatively low processor utilizationand a relatively high memory utilization, a relatively high processorutilization and a relatively low memory utilization, etc.). Inoperation, each compute device 130 determines which phase a particularapplication is in as the compute device 130 executes the application,determines whether the performance of the application satisfies a targetperformance metric associated with the present phase of the application,and if not, increases the class of service to a higher class of servicewithin the range of classes of service associated with the presentphase. Conversely, if the performance of the application satisfies thetarget performance metric, the compute device 130, in the illustrativeembodiment, iteratively decreases the class of service until the targetperformance metric can no longer be satisfied (e.g., to find the minimumclass of service to needed to satisfy the target performance metric). Assuch, the compute device 130 adaptively releases resources for use byother applications executed concurrently on the compute device 130(e.g., by other cores in the compute device 130), enabling thoseapplications to improve their performance without adversely impactingthe ability of the present application to satisfy the target performancemetric for the present phase.

Referring now to FIG. 2, each compute device 130 may be embodied as anytype of device capable of performing the functions described herein. Forexample, in some embodiments, each compute device 130 may be embodiedas, without limitation, a rack-mounted computer, a distributed computingsystem, a server computer, a desktop computer, a workstation, a laptopcomputer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone, amultiprocessor system, a consumer electronic device, a smart appliance,and/or any other device capable of obtaining class of service data foran application to be executed, executing the application, determining,as a function of one or more resource utilizations of the application asthe application is executed, a present phase of the application, settinga present class of service for the application as a function of thedetermined phase, determining whether a present performance metric ofthe application satisfies the target performance metric, and adjustingthe class of service within the range to satisfy the target performancemetric while enabling other applications to utilize resources that arenot needed to satisfy the target performance metric. As shown in FIG. 2,the illustrative compute device 130 includes a central processing unit(CPU) 202, a main memory 204, an input/output (I/O) subsystem 206,communication circuitry 208, and one or more data storage devices 210.Of course, in other embodiments, the compute device 130 may includeother or additional components, such as those commonly found in acomputer (e.g., peripheral devices, a display, etc.). Additionally, insome embodiments, one or more of the illustrative components may beincorporated in, or otherwise form a portion of, another component. Forexample, in some embodiments, the main memory 204, or portions thereof,may be incorporated in the CPU 202.

The CPU 202 may be embodied as any type of processor or processorscapable of performing the functions described herein. As such, the CPU202 may be embodied as a single or multi-core processor(s), amicrocontroller, or other processor or processing/controlling circuit.In some embodiments, the CPU 202 may be embodied as, include, or becoupled to a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an applicationspecific integrated circuit (ASIC), reconfigurable hardware or hardwarecircuitry, or other specialized hardware to facilitate performance ofthe functions described herein. In the illustrative embodiment, the CPU202 includes a platform quality of service (pQoS) logic unit 220, whichmay be embodied as any device or circuitry capable of determining thepresent phase of each application executed by the compute device 130,determining a range of classes of service associated with each phase,and selectively assigning classes of service within the determinedranges to the applications to provide sufficient resources to theapplications to satisfy target performance metrics without reservingexcess resources that could be used by other applications.

In the illustrative embodiment, the CPU 202 includes multiple cores 230which may be embodied as any devices capable of separately executingapplications and utilizing other resources of the compute device (e.g.,portions of a low level cache (LLC) 250, main memory 204, bandwidth ofthe I/O subsystem 206, bandwidth of the communication circuitry 208,etc.) in the execution of the applications. In the embodimentillustrated in FIG. 2, two cores 232, 234 are shown. However, it shouldbe understood that the number of cores 230 may differ in otherembodiments. Additionally, in the illustrative embodiment, the CPU 202includes one or more registers 240, such as model-specific registers(MSRs). As described in more detail herein, each register 240 may beembodied as any device or circuitry capable of storing a value that maybe accessed (read and/or written to) by the compute device 130. In theillustrative embodiment, one or more of the registers 240 may indicatethe present classes of service for resources used by a particularapplication. Additionally, in the illustrative embodiment, the CPU 202includes the cache 250 which may be embodied as any device or circuitrycapable of temporarily storing copies of data from frequently usedlocations of the main memory 204 and providing the cores 230 withrelatively faster access (i.e., as compared to the main memory 204) tothe data.

The main memory 204 may be embodied as any type of volatile (e.g.,dynamic random access memory (DRAM), etc.) or non-volatile memory ordata storage capable of performing the functions described herein. Insome embodiments, all or a portion of the main memory 204 may beintegrated into the CPU 202. In operation, the main memory 204 may storevarious software and data used during operation such as data utilized bythe applications executed by the cores 230, telemetry data, phase data,class of service data, operating systems, applications, programs,libraries, and drivers. The main memory 204, in some embodiments, mayalso include the cache 250 described above.

The I/O subsystem 206 may be embodied as circuitry and/or components tofacilitate input/output operations with the CPU 202, the main memory204, and other components of the compute device 130. For example, theI/O subsystem 206 may be embodied as, or otherwise include, memorycontroller hubs, input/output control hubs, integrated sensor hubs,firmware devices, communication links (e.g., point-to-point links, buslinks, wires, cables, light guides, printed circuit board traces, etc.),and/or other components and subsystems to facilitate the input/outputoperations. In some embodiments, the I/O subsystem 206 may form aportion of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) and be incorporated, along with oneor more of the CPU 202, the main memory 204, and other components of thecompute device 130, on a single integrated circuit chip.

The communication circuitry 208 may be embodied as any communicationcircuit, device, or collection thereof, capable of enablingcommunications over the network 160 between the compute device 130 andanother device (e.g., the orchestrator server 140 and/or another computedevice 130). The communication circuitry 208 may be configured to useany one or more communication technology (e.g., wired or wirelesscommunications) and associated protocols (e.g., Ethernet, Bluetooth®,Wi-Fi®, WiMAX, etc.) to effect such communication.

The illustrative communication circuitry 208 includes a networkinterface controller (NIC) 212, which may also be referred to as a hostfabric interface (HFI). The communication circuitry 208 may be locatedon silicon separate from the CPU 202, or the communication circuitry 208may be included in a multi-chip package with the CPU 202, or even on thesame die as the CPU 202. The NIC 212 may be embodied as one or moreadd-in-boards, daughtercards, network interface cards, controller chips,chipsets, specialized components such as a field programmable gate array(FPGA) or application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or otherdevices that may be used by the compute device 130 to connect withanother device (e.g., the orchestrator server 140 and/or another computedevice 130). In some embodiments, NIC 212 may be embodied as part of asystem-on-a-chip (SoC) that includes one or more processors, or includedon a multichip package that also contains one or more processors. Insome embodiments, the NIC 212 may include a local processor (not shown)and/or a local memory (not shown) that are both local to the NIC 212. Insuch embodiments, the local processor of the NIC 212 may be capable ofperforming one or more of the functions of the CPU 202 described herein.Additionally or alternatively, in such embodiments, the local memory ofthe NIC 212 may be integrated into one or more components of the computedevice 130 at the board level, socket level, chip level, and/or otherlevels.

The one or more illustrative data storage devices 210, may be embodiedas any type of devices configured for short-term or long-term storage ofdata such as, for example, memory devices and circuits, memory cards,hard disk drives, solid-state drives, or other data storage devices.Each data storage device 210 may include a system partition that storesdata and firmware code for the data storage device 210. Each datastorage device 210 may also include an operating system partition thatstores data files and executables for an operating system.

Additionally or alternatively, the compute device 130 may include one ormore peripheral devices 214. Such peripheral devices 214 may include anytype of peripheral device commonly found in a compute device such as adisplay, speakers, a mouse, a keyboard, and/or other input/outputdevices, interface devices, and/or other peripheral devices.

The orchestrator server 140 and the client device 150 may havecomponents similar to those described in FIG. 2. As such, thedescription of those components of the compute device 130 is equallyapplicable to the description of components of the orchestrator server140 and the client device 150 and is not repeated herein for clarity ofthe description, with the exception that, in the illustrativeembodiment, the orchestrator server 140 and the client device 150 maynot include the pQoS adaptive logic unit 220. It should be appreciatedthat any of the orchestrator server 140 and the client device 150 mayinclude other components, sub-components, and devices commonly found ina computing device, which are not discussed above in reference to thecompute device 130 and not discussed herein for clarity of thedescription.

As described above, the compute devices 130, the orchestrator server140, and the client device 150 are illustratively in communication viathe network 160, which may be embodied as any type of wired or wirelesscommunication network, including global networks (e.g., the Internet),local area networks (LANs) or wide area networks (WANs), cellularnetworks (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), 3G, LongTerm Evolution (LTE), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX), etc.), digital subscriber line (DSL) networks, cable networks(e.g., coaxial networks, fiber networks, etc.), or any combinationthereof.

Referring now to FIG. 3, in the illustrative embodiment, each computedevice 130 may establish an environment 300 during operation. Theillustrative environment 300 includes a network communicator 320, anapplication executor 330, and a platform quality of service manager 340.Each of the components of the environment 300 may be embodied ashardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. As such, in someembodiments, one or more of the components of the environment 300 may beembodied as circuitry or a collection of electrical devices (e.g.,network communicator circuitry 320, application executor circuitry 330,platform quality of service manager circuitry 340, etc.). It should beappreciated that, in such embodiments, one or more of the networkcommunicator circuitry 320, application executor circuitry 330, orplatform quality of service manager circuitry 340 may form a portion ofone or more of the CPU 202, the main memory 204, the I/O subsystem 206,and/or other components of the compute device 130.

In the illustrative embodiment, the environment 300 includes telemetrydata 302 which may be embodied as any data indicative of theutilizations of resources (e.g., relative values, such as percentages,of available resources utilized by each application, or actual valuesindicative of the amount of each resource used by each application),which may be determined continually (e.g., at predefined intervals) bythe compute device 130. Additionally, the telemetry data 302 indicatesthe performance of the applications, such as instructions per cycleexecuted by the core 230 associated with each application, and/or othermeasures of the quality of service associated with each application.Additionally, the illustrative environment 300 includes phase data 304which may be embodied as any data indicative of application phases andthe lengths of time of those phases (i.e., phase residencies), for eachof the applications. Further, the illustrative environment 300 includesclass of service data 306 which may be embodied as any data indicativeof an amount of one or more resources to be allocated to an applicationfor each class of service in a range of classes of service, a targetperformance metric for each phase of the application, and a maximumclass of service for each phase of the application. Additionally, theclass of service data 306 may indicate a frequency at which to measurethe performance of an application, and an indication of the rate (e.g.,linearly, exponentially, etc.) at which the class of service should beincremented for a given phase of an application in response to adetermination that the application is not satisfying the targetperformance metric with the resources allocated at the present class ofservice.

In the illustrative environment 300, the network communicator 320, whichmay be embodied as hardware, firmware, software, virtualized hardware,emulated architecture, and/or a combination thereof as discussed above,is configured to facilitate inbound and outbound network communications(e.g., network traffic, network packets, network flows, etc.) to andfrom the compute device 130, respectively. To do so, the networkcommunicator 320 is configured to receive and process data packets andto prepare and send data packets to a system or compute device (e.g.,the orchestrator server 140). Accordingly, in some embodiments, at leasta portion of the functionality of the network communicator 320 may beperformed by the communication circuitry 208, and, in the illustrativeembodiment, by the NIC 212.

The application executor 330, which may be embodied as hardware,firmware, software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/ora combination thereof as discussed above, is configured to executeapplications assigned to the compute device 130 and generate telemetrydata in the process, for use by the platform quality of service manager340. To do so, in the illustrative embodiment, the application executor330 includes a telemetry generator 332 which, in the illustrativeembodiment, is configured to receive data from components of the computedevice 130, including the cores 230, and other components such as thememory 204, the I/O subsystem 206, the communication circuitry 208,and/or the data storage devices 210, and parse and store the data as thetelemetry data 302 in association with identifiers of the respectivecomponents and of the applications that the components were performingoperations on behalf of when the data was generated. In the illustrativeembodiment, the telemetry generator 332 may actively poll each of thecomponents (e.g., the cores 230, the memory 204, the I/O subsystem 206,the communication circuitry 208, the data storage devices 210, etc.)available within the compute device 130 for updated telemetry data 302on an ongoing basis or may passively receive the telemetry data 302 fromthe components, such as by monitoring one or more registers, etc.

The platform quality of service manager 340, which may be embodied ashardware, firmware, software, virtualized hardware, emulatedarchitecture, and/or a combination thereof, is configured to obtain theclass of service data 306, analyze the telemetry data 302 to determinethe present phase of each application executed by the cores 230,determine whether the present performance of each application satisfiesthe corresponding target performance metric indicated in the class ofservice data 306 for the present phase of each application, andselectively adjust (e.g., incrementally increase or decrease) the classof service associated with one or more of the applications to satisfythe corresponding target performance metric without committing resourcesto the application beyond the amount needed to satisfy the targetperformance metric. To do so, in the illustrative embodiment, theplatform quality of service manager 340 includes a phase determiner 342,a performance determiner 346, and a class of service adjuster 348.

The phase determiner 342, in the illustrative embodiment, is configuredto compare the telemetry data 302 associated with each application toreference resource utilization characteristics associated with knownphases of each application (e.g., reference phases in the phase data304). For example, if one phase of an application is characterized by aperiod of high CPU utilization (e.g., a percentage above a thresholdpercentage) and low memory utilization (e.g., a percentage below athreshold percentage), and the telemetry data 302 associated with theapplication indicates high CPU utilization and low memory utilization,the phase determiner 342 may determine that the application is in thephase described above, as distinguished from another phase in which theresource utilizations differ. The phase determiner 342 may additionallyinclude a sub-phase determiner 344, which may be configured to detectsub-phases within a phase. A sub-phase may be embodied as relativelyshort period of time in which variations in the utilizations of one ormore resources occur within a phase. During such sub-phases, theplatform quality of service manager 340 may detect changes in theperformance of the application and vary the class of service within therange associated with the phase of the application to maintain thetarget performance metric.

The performance determiner 346, in the illustrative embodiment, isconfigured to determine one or more performance metrics of eachapplication on a continual basis. For example, the performancedeterminer 346 may continually determine the number of instructions percycle that have been executed by the core 230 associated with theapplication, the number of cache hits or cache misses in a predefinedperiod of time, the latency in providing an output for a given set ofoperations, or other measures of the performance of each applicationexecuted by the compute device 130. In the illustrative embodiment, theperformance determiner 346 may determine the performance metrics atintervals indicated in the class of service data 306.

The class of service adjuster 348, in the illustrative embodiment, isconfigured to selectively increase or decrease the class of serviceassociated with one or more resources of the compute device 130 inresponse to a determination of whether a performance metric associatedwith each application satisfies the corresponding target performancemetric for the present phase of each application. If the targetperformance metric is satisfied, the class of service adjuster 348 mayreduce the present class of service for one or more resources allocatedto an application to a lower class of service (e.g., fewer ways of cacheassociativity, less memory bandwidth, etc.) within the range of classesof service for the present phase of the application. As a result, theclass of service adjuster 348 may free up resources for use by otherapplications. By contrast, in response to a determination that thetarget performance metric is not presently met by an application, theclass of service adjuster 348 may increase the class of service to ahigher class of service within the range specified for the present phaseof the application, to provide more resources to the application andthereby increase the performance of the application. In selectivelyadjusting the classes of service, the class of service adjuster 348 mayidentify a particular type of resource for which to increase the classof service (e.g., more ways of cache associativity) as a function of thetype of target performance metric that was not satisfied (e.g., cachehits), or may increase the class of service for all resources for whichhigher classes of service are present in the class of service data 306.Moreover, the class of service adjuster 348 may adjust the class ofservice at a rate (e.g., linear increments, exponential increments,etc.) specified in the class of service data.

It should be appreciated that each of the phase determiner 342, thesub-phase determiner 344, the performance determiner 346, and the classof service adjuster 348 may be separately embodied as hardware,firmware, software, virtualized hardware, emulated architecture, and/ora combination thereof. For example, the phase determiner 342 may beembodied as a hardware component, while each of the sub-phase determiner344, the performance determiner 346, and/or the class of serviceadjuster 348 is embodied as a virtualized hardware component or as someother combination of hardware, firmware, software, virtualized hardware,emulated architecture, and/or a combination thereof.

Referring now to FIG. 4, in use, each compute device 130 may execute amethod 400 for adaptively controlling a platform quality of service. Themethod 400 begins with block 402, in which the compute device 130, inthe illustrative embodiment, determines whether to manage the platformquality of service of the compute device 130. In doing so, in theillustrative embodiment, the compute device 130 may determine whetherthe CPU 202 includes the pQoS adaptive logic unit 220, such as bychecking a register of the CPU 202 for a predefined value indicative ofthe presence of the pQoS adaptive logic unit 220. In other embodiments,the compute device 130 may determine whether to manage the platformquality of service based on other factors. Regardless, in response to adetermination to manage the platform quality of service, the method 400advances to block 404 in which the compute device 130 receives anassignment of one or more applications to execute. In doing so, thecompute device 130 may receive identifiers of the applications and/orthe application code itself from the orchestrator server 140. In otherembodiments, the compute device 130 may receive the assignment of theone or more applications from another source, such as a user interactingwith the compute device 130 directly (e.g., through a user interface),from another compute device 130, or from another source. Regardless,after receiving the assignment of the one or more applications toexecute, the method 400 advances to block 406 in which the computedevice 130 obtains class of service data (e.g., the class of servicedata 306) for the one or more applications to be executed. In otherembodiments, the compute device 130 may obtain the class of service data306 prior to receiving the assignments. In yet other embodiments, thecompute device 130 may receive the class of service data 306concurrently with receipt of the assignment of the applications toexecute (e.g., as metadata associated with the applications, asparameters to one or more assignment requests, etc.).

In obtaining the class of service data 306, the compute device 130obtains data indicative of a resource type (e.g., number of ways ofcache associativity, memory bandwidth, etc.), a range of classes ofservice associated with the resource type, and amounts of each resourceto be allocated to an application for each class of service in therange, as indicated in block 408. For example, the range of classes ofservice for cache may include a first class of service indicative of 10ways of cache associativity, a second class of service indicative of 12ways of cache associativity, a third class of service indicative of 14ways of cache associativity, and so on. Similarly, the range of classesof service for memory bandwidth may include a first class of serviceindicative of 10% of the memory bandwidth, a second class of serviceindicative of 20% of the memory bandwidth, a third class of serviceindicative of 30% of the memory bandwidth, and so on. Additionally, inblock 410, in obtaining the class of service data 306, the computedevice 130 obtains data indicative of a target performance metric foreach phase of an application. In the illustrative embodiment, the datamay indicate a target performance metric of 10 instructions per cycle inphase A of an application, which may be associated with a relativelyhigh processor utilization and a relatively low memory utilization. Thedata may also indicate a target performance metric of 6 instructions percycle in phase B of the application, which may be associated with arelatively low processor utilization and a high memory utilization. Thecompute device 130 may receive multiple target performance metrics foreach phase (e.g., a target number of instructions per cycle and a targetnumber of cache misses). As indicated in block 412, the compute device130, in the illustrative embodiment, also obtains data indicative of,for each resource type (e.g., number of ways of cache associativity,memory bandwidth, etc.) a maximum class of service that may be set, anda class of service increment type for each phase of each application.Using the example above, the compute device 130 may obtain data thatindicates that for phase A of the application, the maximum class ofservice that can be set is the third class of service for each resourcetype, and for phase B of the application, the class of service for thememory bandwidth may reach the third class of service, but the class ofservice for the number of ways of cache associativity may only reach thesecond class of service. The increment types are indicative of howquickly the class of service for one or more resource types are to beincremented in response to a determination that the performance of theapplication is not satisfying a corresponding target performance metricfor the present phase of the application. As such, the increment typemay be linear, exponential, or another rate at which to increment theclass of service.

In block 414, in the illustrative embodiment, the compute device 130obtains data indicative of one or more performance metric types and timeintervals for periodically determining the corresponding performancemetrics of the one or more applications as they are executed. Forexample, the data may indicate that the number of instructions persecond should be determined approximately every 2 to 3 microseconds andthe number of cache misses should be determined approximately every 1 to2 microseconds. As indicated in block 416, in the illustrativeembodiment, the compute device 130 receives the class of service data306 from the orchestrator server 140, as discussed above. In otherembodiments, the compute device 130 may obtain the class of service data306 from another source (e.g., input directly by an administratorthrough a user interface, read from a configuration file which may havebeen previously written by the compute device 130 based on previousexecutions of the applications, etc.). Subsequently, the method 400advances to block 418, in which the compute device 130 executes theassigned one or more applications.

In executing the applications, the compute device 130 may executedifferent applications with different cores 230 of the CPU 202 (e.g.,one application per core), as indicated in block 420. Additionally, inthe illustrative embodiment, the compute device 130 generates thetelemetry data 302 as the one or more applications are executed, asindicated in block 422. Further, in the illustrative embodiment, thecompute device 130 may provide (e.g., send) the telemetry data 302 tothe orchestrator server 140 for analysis (e.g., determination of thepresent phase of each application), as indicated in block 424.Subsequently, the method 400 advances to block 426 of FIG. 5, in whichthe compute device 130 determines the present phase of each applicationas a function of the telemetry data 302.

Referring now to FIG. 5, in determining the present phase of eachapplication, the compute device 130 may receive an identification of thepresent phase of each application from the orchestrator server 140, asindicated in block 428. Alternatively, and as indicated in block 430,the compute device 130 may determine the present phase of eachapplication locally by comparing one or more resource utilizations(e.g., present processor utilization, present memory utilization, etc.)indicated in the telemetry data 302 to reference resource utilizationsassociated with different phases of each application (e.g., in the phasedata 304). Subsequently, in block 432, the compute device 130 determineswhether one or more of the applications has changed to a new phase.Initially, the result will be yes, as the present phase of eachapplication is the first phase determined since execution began. Inresponse to a determination that the present phase of the one or moreapplications is a new phase, the method 400 advances to block 434 inwhich the compute device determines, from the obtained class of servicedata 306, the range of classes of service for each resource for thepresent phase of each application (e.g., the ranges and maximum class ofservice data obtained in blocks 408 and 412 of FIG. 4).

In block 436, the compute device 130 sets an initial class of servicefor each application as a function of the determined ranges. In doingso, the compute device 130 may set a number of ways of cacheassociativity reserved to each application, as indicated in block 438.As indicated in block 440, the compute device 130 may set an amount ofmemory bandwidth available to each application. Further, the computedevice 130 may set a model-specific register (e.g., one or more of theregisters 240) to indicate the present class of service for eachapplication, as indicated in block 442. Additionally, as indicated inblock 444, the compute device 130 may set a bit mask or other data toindicate the availability one or more of the resources to otherapplications executed by the compute device 130. Subsequently, or if anew phase was not detected in block 432, the method 400 advances toblock 446 of FIG. 6, in which compute device 130 monitors one or moreperformance metrics of each application.

Referring now to FIG. 6, in monitoring the performance metrics, thecompute device 130, in the illustrative embodiment, may monitorindividual performance metrics at the intervals indicated in theobtained class of service data 306 (e.g., the intervals from block 414of FIG. 4), as indicated in block 448. In doing so, the compute devicemay monitor the number of instructions per cycle for each application,as indicated in block 450. Additionally or alternatively, the computedevice 130 may monitor the number of cache misses for each application,as indicated in block 452. In other embodiments, the compute device 130may monitor other performance metrics.

Subsequently, in block 454, the compute device 130 determines whetherthe monitored performance metrics satisfy the corresponding targetperformance metrics associated with the present phase of eachapplication. Afterwards, in block 456, the compute device 130 determinesthe subsequent course of action as a function of whether the targetperformance metrics were satisfied. If one or more of the targetperformance metrics were not satisfied, the method 400 advances to block458. In block 458, the compute device 130 increments the present classof service for one or more resources to a higher class of service withinthe range associated with the present phase of each application forwhich the corresponding target performance metric was not satisfied. Indoing so, and as indicated in block 460, the compute device 130 mayincrement to a higher class of service for every resource identified inthe class of service data 306. Alternatively, the compute device 130 mayincrement the present class of service to a higher class of service foronly a subset of the resources identified in the class of service data306 (e.g., only incrementing the memory bandwidth without incrementingthe ways of cache associativity), as indicated in block 462. Inincrementing to a higher class of service, the compute device 130 mayincrement as a function of the increment type indicated in the class ofservice data 306 (e.g., a linear increment, an exponential increment,etc.), as indicated in block 464. Alternatively, the compute device 130may report an error (e.g., to a user through a user interface, to theorchestrator server 140, etc.) if the present class of service isalready the maximum class of service for the present phase, as indicatedin block 466. Subsequently, the method 400 loops back to block 418 ofFIG. 4, in which the compute device 130 continues to execute theassigned applications.

Referring back to block 456, if the compute device 130 insteaddetermines that the target performance metrics for all of theapplications have been met, the method 400 advances to block 468 of FIG.7, in which the compute device 130 decrements the present class ofservice for the applications to a lower class of service within therange for the present phase of each application. Referring now to FIG.7, in decrementing to a lower class of service, the compute device 130may decrement to a lower class of service for every resource identifiedin the class of service data 306, as indicated in block 470.Alternatively, the compute device 130 may decrement to a lower class ofservice for only a subset of the resources (e.g., only decrement theclass of service for the memory bandwidth while leaving the cacheassociativity class of service as is), as indicated in block 472. Themethod 400 subsequently loops back to block 418 of FIG. 4, in which thecompute device 130 continues to execute the assigned applications. Assuch, the compute device 130 releases some amount of the resources foruse by other applications and determines whether the target performancemetrics are still satisfied.

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Illustrative examples of the technologies disclosed herein are providedbelow. An embodiment of the technologies may include any one or more,and any combination of, the examples described below.

Example 1 includes a compute device to adaptively control a platformquality of service, the compute device comprising one or moreprocessors; one or more memory devices having stored therein a pluralityof instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causethe compute device to obtain class of service data for an application tobe executed, wherein the class of service data is indicative of anamount of one or more resources to be allocated to the application foreach class of service in a range of classes of service, a targetperformance metric for each phase of the application, and a maximumclass of service for each phase of the application; execute theapplication; determine, as a function of one or more resourceutilizations of the application as the application is executed, apresent phase of the application; set a present class of service for theapplication as a function of the determined phase, wherein the presentclass of service is within the range associated with the determinedphase; determine whether a present performance metric of the applicationsatisfies the target performance metric; and increment, in response to adetermination that the present performance metric does not satisfy thetarget performance metric, the present class of service to a higherclass of service in the range.

Example 2 includes the subject matter of Example 1, and wherein theplurality of instructions, when executed, further cause the computedevice to decrement, in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric satisfies the target performance metric, the presentclass of service to a lower class of service in the range.

Example 3 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1 and 2, andwherein the plurality of instructions, when executed, further cause thecompute device to detect whether the application has transitioned asubsequent phase; determine, in response to a determination that theapplication has transitioned to a subsequent phase, a second range ofclasses of service associated with the subsequent phase; and set asubsequent class of service for the application as a function of thesubsequent phase, wherein the subsequent class of service is in thesecond range.

Example 4 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-3, andwherein to obtain the class of service data comprises to receiveincrement type data indicative of an amount by which to increment thepresent class of service in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric.

Example 5 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-4, andwherein to increment the class of service comprises to increase a numberof ways of cache associativity available to the application.

Example 6 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-5, andwherein to increment the class of service comprises to increase a memorybandwidth available to the application.

Example 7 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-6, andwherein the plurality of instructions, when executed, further cause thecompute device set a model-specific register to indicate the presentclass of service of the application.

Example 8 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-7, andwherein the plurality of instructions, when executed, further cause thecompute device to set a bit mask indicative of an availability of one ormore resources to other applications.

Example 9 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-8, andwherein to determine whether the present performance metric satisfiesthe target performance metric comprises to determine whether a presentnumber of instructions per cycle satisfies a target number ofinstructions per cycle.

Example 10 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-9, andwherein to determine whether the present performance metric satisfiesthe target performance metric comprises to determine whether a presentnumber of cache misses satisfies a target number of cache misses.

Example 11 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-10, andwherein to increment the present class of service comprises to increasean amount of one resource allocated to the application.

Example 12 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-11, andwherein to increment the present class of service comprises to increasean amount of multiple resources allocated to the application.

Example 13 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-12, andwherein, the plurality of instructions, when executed, further cause thecompute device to report telemetry data indicative of resourceutilizations by the application to an orchestrator server; and todetermine the present phase of the application comprises to receive anidentification of the present phase from the orchestrator server.

Example 14 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-13, andwherein to determine the present phase of the application comprises tocompare the resource utilization of the application to referenceresource utilizations associated with different phases.

Example 15 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 1-14, andwherein the one or more processors include multiple cores, and whereinto execute the application comprises to execute multiple applicationswith different cores of the compute device.

Example 16 includes a method for adaptively controlling a platformquality of service, the method comprising obtaining, by a computedevice, class of service data for an application to be executed, whereinthe class of service data is indicative of an amount of one or moreresources to be allocated to the application for each class of servicein a range of classes of service, a target performance metric for eachphase of the application, and a maximum class of service for each phaseof the application; executing, by the compute device, the application;determining, by the compute device and as a function of one or moreresource utilizations of the application as the application is executed,a present phase of the application; setting, by the compute device, apresent class of service for the application as a function of thedetermined phase, wherein the present class of service is within therange associated with the determined phase; determining, by the computedevice, whether a present performance metric of the applicationsatisfies the target performance metric; and incrementing, by thecompute device and in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric, thepresent class of service to a higher class of service in the range.

Example 17 includes the subject matter of Example 16, and furtherincluding decrementing, by the compute device and in response to adetermination that the present performance metric satisfies the targetperformance metric, the present class of service to a lower class ofservice in the range.

Example 18 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16 and 17, andfurther including detecting, by the compute device, whether theapplication has transitioned a subsequent phase; determining, by thecompute device and in response to a determination that the applicationhas transitioned to a subsequent phase, a second range of classes ofservice associated with the subsequent phase; and setting, by thecompute device, a subsequent class of service for the application as afunction of the subsequent phase, wherein the subsequent class ofservice is in the second range.

Example 19 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-18, andwherein obtaining the class of service data comprises receivingincrement type data indicative of an amount by which to increment thepresent class of service in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric.

Example 20 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-19, andwherein incrementing the class of service comprises increasing a numberof ways of cache associativity available to the application.

Example 21 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-20, andwherein incrementing the class of service comprises increasing a memorybandwidth available to the application.

Example 22 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-21, andfurther including setting, by the compute device, a model-specificregister to indicate the present class of service of the application.

Example 23 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-22, andfurther including setting, by the compute device, a bit mask indicativeof an availability of one or more resources to other applications.

Example 24 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-23, andwherein determining whether the present performance metric satisfies thetarget performance metric comprises determining whether a present numberof instructions per cycle satisfies a target number of instructions percycle.

Example 25 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-24, andwherein determining whether the present performance metric satisfies thetarget performance metric comprises determining whether a present numberof cache misses satisfies a target number of cache misses.

Example 26 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-25, andwherein incrementing the present class of service comprises increasingan amount of one resource allocated to the application.

Example 27 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-26, andwherein incrementing the present class of service comprises increasingan amount of multiple resources allocated to the application.

Example 28 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-27, andfurther including reporting, by the compute device, telemetry dataindicative of resource utilizations by the application to anorchestrator server; and wherein determining the present phase of theapplication comprises receiving an identification of the present phasefrom the orchestrator server.

Example 29 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-28, andwherein determining the present phase of the application comprisescomparing the resource utilization of the application to referenceresource utilizations associated with different phases.

Example 30 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 16-29, andwherein executing the application comprises executing multipleapplications with different cores of the compute device.

Example 31 includes one or more machine-readable storage mediacomprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in responseto being executed, cause a compute device to perform the method of anyof Examples 16-30.

Example 32 includes a compute device to adaptively control a platformquality of service, the compute device comprising one or moreprocessors; one or more memory devices having stored therein a pluralityof instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causethe compute device to perform the method of any of Examples 16-30.

Example 33 includes a compute device comprising means for performing themethod of any of Examples 16-30.

Example 34 includes a compute device to adaptively control a platformquality of service, the compute device comprising platform quality ofservice manager circuitry to obtain class of service data for anapplication to be executed, wherein the class of service data isindicative of an amount of one or more resources to be allocated to theapplication for each class of service in a range of classes of service,a target performance metric for each phase of the application, and amaximum class of service for each phase of the application; andapplication executor circuitry to execute the application; wherein theplatform quality of service manager circuitry is further to determine,as a function of one or more resource utilizations of the application asthe application is executed, a present phase of the application, set apresent class of service for the application as a function of thedetermined phase, wherein the present class of service is within therange associated with the determined phase, determine whether a presentperformance metric of the application satisfies the target performancemetric, and increment, in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric, thepresent class of service to a higher class of service in the range.

Example 35 includes the subject matter of Example 34, and wherein theplatform quality of service manager circuitry is further to decrement,in response to a determination that the present performance metricsatisfies the target performance metric, the present class of service toa lower class of service in the range.

Example 36 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34 and 35, andwherein the platform quality of service manager circuitry is further todetect whether the application has transitioned a subsequent phase;determine, in response to a determination that the application hastransitioned to a subsequent phase, a second range of classes of serviceassociated with the subsequent phase; and set a subsequent class ofservice for the application as a function of the subsequent phase,wherein the subsequent class of service is in the second range.

Example 37 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-36, andwherein to obtain the class of service data comprises to receiveincrement type data indicative of an amount by which to increment thepresent class of service in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric.

Example 38 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-37, andwherein to increment the class of service comprises to increase a numberof ways of cache associativity available to the application.

Example 39 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-38, andwherein to increment the class of service comprises to increase a memorybandwidth available to the application.

Example 40 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-39, andwherein the platform quality of service manager circuitry is further toset a model-specific register to indicate the present class of serviceof the application.

Example 41 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-40, andwherein the platform quality of service manager circuitry is further toset a bit mask indicative of an availability of one or more resources toother applications.

Example 42 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-41, andwherein to determine whether the present performance metric satisfiesthe target performance metric comprises to determine whether a presentnumber of instructions per cycle satisfies a target number ofinstructions per cycle.

Example 43 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-42, andwherein to determine whether the present performance metric satisfiesthe target performance metric comprises to determine whether a presentnumber of cache misses satisfies a target number of cache misses.

Example 44 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-43, andwherein to increment the present class of service comprises to increasean amount of one resource allocated to the application.

Example 45 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-44, andwherein to increment the present class of service comprises to increasean amount of multiple resources allocated to the application.

Example 46 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-45, andfurther including network communicator circuitry to report telemetrydata indicative of resource utilizations by the application to anorchestrator server; and wherein to determine the present phase of theapplication comprises to receive an identification of the present phasefrom the orchestrator server.

Example 47 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-46, andwherein to determine the present phase of the application comprises tocompare the resource utilization of the application to referenceresource utilizations associated with different phases.

Example 48 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 34-47, andwherein to execute the application comprises to execute multipleapplications with different cores of the compute device.

Example 49 includes a compute device to adaptively control a platformquality of service, the compute device comprising circuitry forobtaining class of service data for an application to be executed,wherein the class of service data is indicative of an amount of one ormore resources to be allocated to the application for each class ofservice in a range of classes of service, a target performance metricfor each phase of the application, and a maximum class of service foreach phase of the application; circuitry for executing the application;means for determining, a function of one or more resource utilizationsof the application as the application is executed, a present phase ofthe application; means for setting a present class of service for theapplication as a function of the determined phase, wherein the presentclass of service is within the range associated with the determinedphase; means for determining whether a present performance metric of theapplication satisfies the target performance metric; and means forincrementing, in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric, thepresent class of service to a higher class of service in the range.

Example 50 includes the subject matter of Example 49, and furtherincluding means for decrementing, in response to a determination thatthe present performance metric satisfies the target performance metric,the present class of service to a lower class of service in the range.

Example 51 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49 and 50, andfurther including means for detecting whether the application hastransitioned a subsequent phase; means for determining, in response to adetermination that the application has transitioned to a subsequentphase, a second range of classes of service associated with thesubsequent phase; and means for setting a subsequent class of servicefor the application as a function of the subsequent phase, wherein thesubsequent class of service is in the second range.

Example 52 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-51, andwherein the circuitry for obtaining the class of service data comprisescircuitry for receiving increment type data indicative of an amount bywhich to increment the present class of service in response to adetermination that the present performance metric does not satisfy thetarget performance metric.

Example 53 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-52, andwherein the means for incrementing the class of service comprisescircuitry for increasing a number of ways of cache associativityavailable to the application.

Example 54 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-53, andwherein means for incrementing the class of service comprises circuitryfor increasing a memory bandwidth available to the application.

Example 55 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-54, andfurther including circuitry for setting a model-specific register toindicate the present class of service of the application.

Example 56 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-55, andfurther including circuitry for setting a bit mask indicative of anavailability of one or more resources to other applications.

Example 57 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-56, andwherein the means for determining whether the present performance metricsatisfies the target performance metric comprises circuitry fordetermining whether a present number of instructions per cycle satisfiesa target number of instructions per cycle.

Example 58 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-57, andwherein the means for determining whether the present performance metricsatisfies the target performance metric comprises circuitry fordetermining whether a present number of cache misses satisfies a targetnumber of cache misses.

Example 59 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-58, andwherein the means for incrementing the present class of servicecomprises circuitry for increasing an amount of one resource allocatedto the application.

Example 60 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-59, andwherein the means for incrementing the present class of servicecomprises circuitry for increasing an amount of multiple resourcesallocated to the application.

Example 61 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-60, andfurther including circuitry for reporting telemetry data indicative ofresource utilizations by the application to an orchestrator server; andwherein the means for determining the present phase of the applicationcomprises circuitry for receiving an identification of the present phasefrom the orchestrator server.

Example 62 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-61, andwherein the means for determining the present phase of the applicationcomprises circuitry for comparing the resource utilization of theapplication to reference resource utilizations associated with differentphases.

Example 63 includes the subject matter of any of Examples 49-62, andwherein the circuitry for executing the application comprises circuitryfor executing multiple applications with different cores of the computedevice.

1. A compute device to adaptively control a platform quality of service,the compute device comprising: one or more processors; one or morememory devices having stored therein a plurality of instructions that,when executed by the one or more processors, cause the compute deviceto: obtain class of service data for an application to be executed,wherein the class of service data is indicative of an amount of one ormore resources to be allocated to the application for each class ofservice in a range of classes of service, a target performance metricfor each phase of the application, and a maximum class of service foreach phase of the application; execute the application; determine, as afunction of one or more resource utilizations of the application as theapplication is executed, a present phase of the application; set apresent class of service for the application as a function of thedetermined phase, wherein the present class of service is within therange associated with the determined phase; determine whether a presentperformance metric of the application satisfies the target performancemetric; and increment, in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric, thepresent class of service to a higher class of service in the range. 2.The compute device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of instructions,when executed, further cause the compute device to decrement, inresponse to a determination that the present performance metricsatisfies the target performance metric, the present class of service toa lower class of service in the range.
 3. The compute device of claim 1,wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed, further cause thecompute device to: detect whether the application has transitioned asubsequent phase; determine, in response to a determination that theapplication has transitioned to a subsequent phase, a second range ofclasses of service associated with the subsequent phase; and set asubsequent class of service for the application as a function of thesubsequent phase, wherein the subsequent class of service is in thesecond range.
 4. The compute device of claim 1, wherein to obtain theclass of service data comprises to receive increment type dataindicative of an amount by which to increment the present class ofservice in response to a determination that the present performancemetric does not satisfy the target performance metric.
 5. The computedevice of claim 1, wherein to increment the class of service comprisesto increase a number of ways of cache associativity available to theapplication.
 6. The compute device of claim 1, wherein to increment theclass of service comprises to increase a memory bandwidth available tothe application.
 7. The compute device of claim 1, wherein the pluralityof instructions, when executed, further cause the compute device set amodel-specific register to indicate the present class of service of theapplication.
 8. The compute device of claim 1, wherein the plurality ofinstructions, when executed, further cause the compute device to set abit mask indicative of an availability of one or more resources to otherapplications.
 9. The compute device of claim 1, wherein to determinewhether the present performance metric satisfies the target performancemetric comprises to determine whether a present number of instructionsper cycle satisfies a target number of instructions per cycle.
 10. Thecompute device of claim 1, wherein to determine whether the presentperformance metric satisfies the target performance metric comprises todetermine whether a present number of cache misses satisfies a targetnumber of cache misses.
 11. The compute device of claim 1, wherein toincrement the present class of service comprises to increase an amountof one resource allocated to the application.
 12. The compute device ofclaim 1, wherein to increment the present class of service comprises toincrease an amount of multiple resources allocated to the application.13. One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality ofinstructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed, cause acompute device to: obtain class of service data for an application to beexecuted, wherein the class of service data is indicative of an amountof one or more resources to be allocated to the application for eachclass of service in a range of classes of service, a target performancemetric for each phase of the application, and a maximum class of servicefor each phase of the application; execute the application; determine,as a function of one or more resource utilizations of the application asthe application is executed, a present phase of the application; set apresent class of service for the application as a function of thedetermined phase, wherein the present class of service is within therange associated with the determined phase; determine whether a presentperformance metric of the application satisfies the target performancemetric; and increment, in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric, thepresent class of service to a higher class of service in the range. 14.The one or more machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein theplurality of instructions, when executed, further cause the computedevice to decrement, in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric satisfies the target performance metric, the presentclass of service to a lower class of service in the range.
 15. The oneor more machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein theplurality of instructions, when executed, further cause the computedevice to: detect whether the application has transitioned a subsequentphase; determine, in response to a determination that the applicationhas transitioned to a subsequent phase, a second range of classes ofservice associated with the subsequent phase; and set a subsequent classof service for the application as a function of the subsequent phase,wherein the subsequent class of service is in the second range.
 16. Theone or more machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein toobtain the class of service data comprises to receive increment typedata indicative of an amount by which to increment the present class ofservice in response to a determination that the present performancemetric does not satisfy the target performance metric.
 17. The one ormore machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein to incrementthe class of service comprises to increase a number of ways of cacheassociativity available to the application.
 18. The one or moremachine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein to increment theclass of service comprises to increase a memory bandwidth available tothe application.
 19. The one or more machine-readable storage media ofclaim 13, wherein the plurality of instructions, when executed, furthercause the compute device set a model-specific register to indicate thepresent class of service of the application.
 20. The one or moremachine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein the plurality ofinstructions, when executed, further cause the compute device to set abit mask indicative of an availability of one or more resources to otherapplications.
 21. The one or more machine-readable storage media ofclaim 13, wherein to determine whether the present performance metricsatisfies the target performance metric comprises to determine whether apresent number of instructions per cycle satisfies a target number ofinstructions per cycle.
 22. The one or more machine-readable storagemedia of claim 13, wherein to determine whether the present performancemetric satisfies the target performance metric comprises to determinewhether a present number of cache misses satisfies a target number ofcache misses.
 23. The one or more machine-readable storage media ofclaim 13, wherein to increment the present class of service comprises toincrease an amount of one resource allocated to the application.
 24. Theone or more machine-readable storage media of claim 13, wherein toincrement the present class of service comprises to increase an amountof multiple resources allocated to the application.
 25. A compute deviceto adaptively control a platform quality of service, the compute devicecomprising: circuitry for obtaining class of service data for anapplication to be executed, wherein the class of service data isindicative of an amount of one or more resources to be allocated to theapplication for each class of service in a range of classes of service,a target performance metric for each phase of the application, and amaximum class of service for each phase of the application; circuitryfor executing the application; means for determining, as a function ofone or more resource utilizations of the application as the applicationis executed, a present phase of the application; means for setting apresent class of service for the application as a function of thedetermined phase, wherein the present class of service is within therange associated with the determined phase; means for determiningwhether a present performance metric of the application satisfies thetarget performance metric; and means for incrementing, in response to adetermination that the present performance metric does not satisfy thetarget performance metric, the present class of service to a higherclass of service in the range.
 26. A method for adaptively controlling aplatform quality of service, the method comprising: obtaining, by acompute device, class of service data for an application to be executed,wherein the class of service data is indicative of an amount of one ormore resources to be allocated to the application for each class ofservice in a range of classes of service, a target performance metricfor each phase of the application, and a maximum class of service foreach phase of the application; executing, by the compute device, theapplication; determining, by the compute device and as a function of oneor more resource utilizations of the application as the application isexecuted, a present phase of the application; setting, by the computedevice, a present class of service for the application as a function ofthe determined phase, wherein the present class of service is within therange associated with the determined phase; determining, by the computedevice, whether a present performance metric of the applicationsatisfies the target performance metric; and incrementing, by thecompute device and in response to a determination that the presentperformance metric does not satisfy the target performance metric, thepresent class of service to a higher class of service in the range. 27.The method of claim 26, further comprising decrementing, by the computedevice and in response to a determination that the present performancemetric satisfies the target performance metric, the present class ofservice to a lower class of service in the range.
 28. The method ofclaim 26, further comprising: detecting, by the compute device, whetherthe application has transitioned to a subsequent phase; determining, bythe compute device and in response to a determination that theapplication has transitioned to a subsequent phase, a second range ofclasses of service associated with the subsequent phase; and setting, bythe compute device, a subsequent class of service for the application asa function of the subsequent phase, wherein the subsequent class ofservice is in the second range.